Garment-supporter



(No Model.)

M. T. JONES.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

N0. 360,224. Patented Ma.1*.29, 1887.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIANA T. JONES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,224, dated March29, 1887.

Application filed January 6, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARIANA T. JONES, of Boston, (Jamaica Plain,) in thecounty of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new andImproved Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to garment supporters of the class ordinarilyused by ladies and children for the purpose of supporting their hose orstockings, the object of the invention being to provide a means wherebythe upper loop, which is usually caught upon the button of thewaistband, will be held to said button and prevented from accidentaldisplacement.

To the end named the invention consists of an upper garment-supporterloop provided with a spring strip or loop, as will be hereinafter morefully explained, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a partofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a view of a buttonloop constructed in accordance with theterms of my invention, the spring-loop arranged in connection therewithbeing shown in the position to which it is moved to prevent theaccidental displacement of the button. Fig. 2 is a view similar to thatgiven in Fig. 1, except that the spring-loop is represented as itappears when folded back to a position to allow for the introduction ofthe button. Fig. 3 is asectional view taken on line a: 00 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on liney y of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 10 represents a loop, of the ordinary form, employed toslip over a button. To this loop 10 there is, as usual, secured anelastic webbing, 11, to the lower end of which there is fixed a clipthat is arranged for connection with the hose or stocking, as is usualThe lower portion of in this class of devices.

aperture, which apertures are arranged to receive the outturned end of aspring loop or bail, 3, as best shown in Fig. 4. The upper ends of thelugs 2 are bentinward, from which construction it will be seen that asthe loop or bail 3 is moved to the position in which it is shown in Fig.1 the tension of the spring will act to hold the loop in said position.

In operation the loop or bail 3 is moved to the position in which it isshown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to connect the loop 10 with thebutton of a waistband, and after the loop has been so connected with thebutton theloop or bail 8 is moved to the position in which it is shownin Fig. 1, and will prevent the button from slipping downward into theenlarged portion of the loop 10.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, agarment-supporter comprising the loop 10, provided with the ears or lugs2, inclined as shown, and the spring bail or loop pivotally connectedwith said ears, the sides of the bail being constructed to bear againstthe inclined ears and hold the bail by friction when it is folded towardthe outer end of the loop substantiall y as set forth.

MARIANA '1. JONES.

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EDw. EVERETT, GERARD BEMENT.

